I've been missing in action for a couple of weeks with good intentions. I had been trying to aim for an art heavy schedule to get new items in my store and lots of fresh new art to sell and then BAM! Flu! Today is day six of a really evil virus. In honour of laying in bed whimpering like a baby for most of the past week, I made this hideous little vomit fairy tonight. He's not very friendly and I'm looking forward to kicking his smarmy face out of my house. On the bright side, I did manage to catch up on a lot of sleep. Yay?
Below are a few life drawings from a couple of recent sessions earlier this month. Still digging the Staedtler ball point pen a lot. So smoooooth! No correcting mistakes though and I have to admit that I miss my gummy eraser.
I have a bunch of mixed media canvas pieces on the go, though they didn't see much action this week. I should have some new stuff to post for next week though. It's been a fun change up from digital illustrations.
Hi Sal. Sorry you have been sick. Maybe drawing this hideous little monster will help get it out of your system. Feel better quick.
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Hope you feel better soon. Great drawings even though you are sick. Get well quick!
ReplyDeleteI'm sending you good vibrations from Brazil. Love your work. Although you were sick, you created amazing pieces of art!Hope you get well as soon as possible!
ReplyDeleteOH Sal-licious! I'm so sorry you've been sick!! I LOVE that first life drawing. Love the cross-hatching and the utter awesome.
ReplyDeleteOh so sorry that you were not feeling well. I hope you are on the up swing now! Your drawings are great. I really like your Vomit Fairy! Love his colors even though he is a little nasty...I think he is my my favorite but I don't want him coming to meee!!! EEEE
ReplyDeleteNoooo, being sick is the suckiest! Hope you are all recovered! Fantastic scowly face on that nasty fairy. And the pen hatching is so great!
ReplyDeleteFANTASTIC Sal.. I love this devil --- and your sketches ...
ReplyDeleteyou are such a stunning artist!
happy PPF!
get well soon Sal!
ReplyDeleteBless you - get well soon x
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I hope you get rid of this vomit fairy in a hurry. It's easy to see you don't like having him around. Your drawings are pretty too. Happy PPF.
ReplyDeletewonderful drawings, hope you feel a lot better soon. Annette x
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Fantastic work, hope you feel better soon! Valerie
ReplyDeleteThe Vomit fairy is quite cool actually :) Fab sketches as usual ( I am your sketching fan!). Take time to rest, sometimes we need to be ill, because body tells us to slow down and that we need it. Get better soon! Big hugs!
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Oh bad fairy, hope he is out of your house now.
ReplyDeleteYour life drawings are terrific.
Get well soon.
Oh my, sorry you were so sick...feel better soon. That handsome Vomit fairy must at least be enticing you to feel well!! Wonderful nudes...wow excellent how you managed the varied body types... I love the authenticity!
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Oh my, vomit fairy sounds a bit yucky. Doesn't look yucky though, but he does look a bit mean. I can understand you want him out of the house. Hiope you'll soon be feeling better!
ReplyDeleteoh yuck! Hope you're really on the mend now-I'd certainly want to kick that evil vomit fairy waaaay out! Wonderful sketches.
ReplyDeleteThat nasty stomach flu had a bout at my house about a month ago. Hope you feel better and kick that nasty fairy's butt!!! LOL. Love those nudes. I have really just gotten interested in sketching nudes and yours are really good.
ReplyDeletewell if there ever was a vomit fairy this would be him, lol!! So sorry to hear you have been ill, six days, wow, your life drawings are amazing!! I hear you about the gummy eraser, no going back with pen, lol, your work is beautiful,
ReplyDeleteOohhh so sorry you have been ill. Yuck!!!! however, your Vomit Fairy is awesome. I also like your sketches. You have drawn these women in pure beauty.
ReplyDeleteSending you healing energy.
Nicole/Beadwright
your life drawings are my favourite, you're so good at these. Sorry to hear about your flu, no fun! Love the expression on your whimsical piece at the top.
ReplyDeleteHa ha that vomit fairy is absolutely priceless. I am going to a bacon festival tomorrow where I will be sampling a hundred different types of bacon plus bacon cocktails so I hope I do not turn into a vomit fairy. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteI had that flu earlier this year -- no fun. Glad you were able to embody your disgust in your vomit fairy -- very evil and excellent portrayal. Love your staedler sketches -- the blue ink adds a nice aura. I don't see any mistakes -- every line seems natural and part of the form.
ReplyDeleteLovely works, as always...as for being missing in action...welcome to my world. I suspect I had that virus couple of weeks ago and I felt like I would not survive it. Nasty! The good thing is that as fast as it hit you, it goes away. Probably tomorrow you will wake up and voila' you'll feel like yourself again! ;) All the best, lots of sympathy and many praises for your beautiful art in the face of adverse circumstances. Hugs!
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Bwahahaha! I feel guilty loving your Vomit Fairy, because I know it did not come from an awesome place (quite the opposite, in fact!). I hope you feel better, you poor girl. Your life drawings are amazing! I hope it was a gala affair. ;)
ReplyDeleteLOL It was a gala event, very chic!
DeleteDespite your illness you've produced some gorgeous and inspiring art. Your life drawings are beyond lovely. Capturing the essence of someone is something I continue to aspire to, you do it beautifully.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful job with the life drawing. Hoping you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteGreat drawings! You are able to get the poses so lifelike and beautiful. I don't like vomit fairy but I will have to say you did an outstanding job with it!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to take a live drawing class at some point. These are so well done.
ReplyDeleteYou are showing that nasty flu bug who is boss! Well done! Get well soon. I like how your sketches show more than just young, slim hourglass bodies!
ReplyDeleteLovely sketches. Not sure about the vomit fairy though he looks scary! Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for your comment over at my place.
ReplyDeletegreat sketches. sorry to hear you had the flu. Ugh. hope you're feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteSorry you weren't feeling well, I hope you continue to feel better. Great fairy, so much expression and I love your life drawing sketches as well!
ReplyDeleteOh dear! I felt so sorry when I read your post. Nevertheless, you have created a very impressing vomit fairy! This artwork looks so cool. Get well soon!
ReplyDeleteI love that you used your creative energy to get the flu feelings out. I think the turquoise was a good choice, it just pops off of the page. Sorry that you have not been well, though.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't have to see that fairy ever again :oP
ReplyDeleteThe nuddies are awesome, we ran a month of human body sketches in march, those would've been perfect there too!